Jastrow: לָמֵד II

לָמֵד II, לְמֵדָה, לְמֵידָה f. 1) accustomed. Tanḥ. Noah 2 (מה של׳) מה שהיה ל׳ what each was used to eat (ed. Bub. ib. לָמוּד). —2) (of persons) learning, arguing.—Pl. לְמֵדִין, לְמֵי׳. Nidd. 22ᵇ כל ג"ש … אין ל׳ הימנה from an analogy of textual words (v. גְּזֵרָה) which are not free for interpretation (being necessary to the subject proper), you cannot derive any general rule; ib. ל׳ ומשיבין we may derive a rule, but it is open to argument; a. fr.—הל׳ לפני חכמים those who were permitted to argue before the scholars (e. g. Levi before Rabbi). Meïl. 9ᵇ; Snh. 17ᵇ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3). Men. 80ᵇ ל׳ לפני רבי. —3) (of subjects) having light thrown upon, defined. Pes. 25ᵇ, a. e. הרי זה בא לְלַמֵּד ונמצא לָמֵד (a proverbial phrase: behold this one comes as a teacher and turns out a learner) this is intended to throw light (on the case of a violated betrothed) and is at the same time receiving light.—Sifra introd. דבר הל׳ מעניינו something which is clearly understood from the context; a. fr.—Y. Kidd. I, 59ᵃ עבריה למידה מבת חורין ועברי ל׳ מעבריה the case of the Ibriya (that a Hebrew handmaid can be acquired by a written deed) is learned from that of a free woman, and that of the Ibri (the Hebrew bondsman) from the Ibriya; נמצא לָ׳ מלָּ׳ consequently a case may be illustrated by one itself defined (only indirectly) by analogy; a. fr.